Det er ikke er en anerkjent fobi av det psykologiske miljøet. Det menes heller at det er en sosialt konstruert fobi. Altså noen sier det er ekkelt og så blir det ekkelt.
Trypophobia may also be catching. An element of so-called emotional contagion seems to be at work on Facebook, where some group members say they didn't realize they were trypophobic until they started reading others' comments and clicking on the pictures. "It's not unusual to laugh harder at a funny movie if others around you are laughing," Antony explains. "In the same way, we may be more likely to experience fear in a particular moment if others around us are fearful." For me, however, all it took was a verbal mention of a "fear of small holes" to illicit a shudder. I became disgusted before looking at a single gnarly image of a skin graft or lamprey eel (look 'em up) or reading an online comment. I also immediately assumed that we were talking about biologic objects—holes in wood, in particular. Clearly, in me the fear was preexisting.
Selv om det ikke er en anerkjent fobi er ikke psykologene i tvil om at mange kan finne det ubehagelig med slike bilder, Men en fobi må forhindre deg i særlig grad til å utføre daglige gjøremål. Noe dette ikke er anerkjent for å gi.
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